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• You can add an ICX6650-2P40G-POD license to any configuration. For example, you can add an
ICX6650-2P40G-POD license to a base 32-port configuration.
• In a trunk formation, if there is no license upon bootup or hot swap of a unit, a port is disabled. This
does not affect the trunk formation.
• A 10 GbE or 40 GbE port can be in one of the following port states:
- Error-disabled (invalid license)
- Down
- Up
A port is in an error-disabled (invalid license) state when there is no license installed in the device.
An invalid license implies that you have incorrectly installed a license that is not tied to the device.
When a physical link is established between two devices, but a license is not installed in the device,
the port remains in an error-disabled state. A port is operational only when you install the correct
license in the device.The show interface ethernet command displays the port in the
ERROR_DISABLED state because there is no license installed, and there is no physical link
between two devices. The following example output is from a Brocade ICX 6650 device.
device#show interface ethernet 1/1/33
10GigabitEthernet1/1/33 is ERR-DISABLED (invalid license), line protocol is
down
Hardware is 10GigabitEthernet, address is 748e.f80c.5f40(bia 748e.f80c.5f40)
Interface type is unknown
Configured speed 10Gbit, actual unknown, configured duplex fdx, actual
unknown
Member of L2 VLAN ID 1, port is untagged, port state is DISABLED
BPDU guard is Disabled, ROOT protect is Disabled
Link Error Dampening is Disabled
STP configured to ON, priority is level0, mac-learning is enabled
Flow Control is enabled
Mirror disabled, Monitor disabled
Not member of any active trunks
Not member of any configured trunks
No port name
A port is in a down state when there is no physical link between two devices, and a license is installed in
the device. The show interface ethernet command displays the port in the down state. The following
example output is from a Brocade ICX 6650 device.
device#show interface ethernet 1/1/33
10GigabitEthernet1/1/33 is down, line protocol is down
Hardware is 10GigabitEthernet, address is 748e.f80c.5f40(bia 748e.f80c.5f40)
Interface type is unknown
Configured speed 10Gbit, actual unknown, configured duplex fdx, actual
unknown
Member of L2 VLAN ID 1, port is untagged, port state is BLOCKING
BPDU guard is Disabled, ROOT protect is Disabled
Link Error Dampening is Disabled
STP configured to ON, priority is level0, mac-learning is enabled
Flow Control is enabled
Mirror disabled, Monitor disabled
Not member of any active trunks
Not member of any configured trunks
No port name
A port is in an up state when a physical link is established between two devices, and a license is
installed in the device. The show interface ethernet command displays the port in the up state. The
following example output is from a Brocade ICX 6650 device.
device#show interface ethernet 1/2/1
40GigabitEthernet1/2/1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is 40GigabitEthernet, address is 748e.f80c.5f40(bia 748e.f80c.5f40)
Interface type is 40Gig Copper
Configured speed 40Gbit, actual 40Gbit, configured duplex fdx, actual fdx
Configured mdi mode AUTO, actual none
Member of 1 L2 VLANs, port is tagged, port state is FORWARDING
BPDU guard is Disabled, ROOT protect is Disabled
Link Error Dampening is Disabled
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